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THE WIRE
WK 11 FINAL Falcons 27, Panthers 52 MOVE Kyle Hamilton traded to Colts MOVE Craig Woodson dev trait up Star to X-Factor MOVE Bray Hubbard dev trait up Star to X-Factor WK 11 FINAL Buccaneers 21, Colts 10 WK 11 FINAL Lions 41, Cardinals 20 ON THE BLOCK Jack Jones (CB 77) ON THE BLOCK Dre Greenlaw (WILL 88)
pfl2k27 🏟️ Madden
WEEK 4 · FINAL
CHARGERS 1-8 · 16.0 PPG 17 – 21 RAIDERS 2-8 · 18.0 PPG
THE READ
Raiders win the turnover battle and the game

Take care of the football or lose. Chargers did not, and did. Justin Herbert was steady for Chargers — 14/24, 314 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT — in a losing effort. Mike Washington Jr. carried the load for Raiders — 16 carries, 140 yards, 2 TD. A season best for Mike Washington Jr.. Through the air: Chargers 314, Raiders 83.

Ethan Price The numbers guy
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Chargers -12.0 +1.7 -13.7 -10
Raiders -11.6 +1.9 -13.5 -16
SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.
IN THE BOOTH
Elise Carter The insider
The Chargers' line gave up 6 sacks, and at 0-4, Los Angeles is running out of time to find out if Herbert can survive long enough to matter. Las Vegas isn't good—1-3 says so—but a win is a win when you're bleeding points everywhere else.
Devon Walker Beat reporter · replying
Herbert threw for 314 yards and the Chargers moved the ball all afternoon, but 2 turnovers and a line that can't hold up—6 sacks is indefensible—means Los Angeles is headed toward genuinely historic territory at 0-4. The math doesn't work when you give the ball away and your quarterback never gets time to work.
They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.
Justin Herbert
Chargers
14/24, 314 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Mike Washington Jr.
Raiders
16 carries, 140 yards, 2 TD
Keyron Crawford
Raiders
2 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Through the air Chargers 314, Raiders 83 Chargers
On the ground Raiders 183, Chargers 51 Raiders
Total yards Chargers 365, Raiders 266 Chargers
Pressure Raiders 6 sacks, Chargers 0 Raiders
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
📺 THE WEEK 4 SHOW this game is in the week's show ▶ Watch the show
THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling
LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy Pass 70% · Rush 30% · 16.4 scored, 30.1 allowed
6.8 yds/att 54.8% completions 5.1 yds/carry 337.4 yds/game 1.7 giveaways/game 8.9% sack rate last 5: 1-4
Primary weapon: Quentin Johnston WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 32 · Turnover-prone Balance 80 Ball security 53 Back usage 25% QB runs 2.7/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.9% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 90 WR 81 TE 79 RB 81 OL 85 DL 78 LB 76 DB 84
Best: Rashawn Slater LT 93 Fastest: Brenen Thompson WR 97 SPD 6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
drippin_flash10
Raiders · his last 8 games
Balanced Gives it away
Pass / run57% / 43% Points for / against16.9 — 29.6 Margin-12.8 Giveaways a game2.9 Sacks taken8.0% of dropbacks Lead backMike Washington Jr. · 13.1/g Top targetTre Tucker · 33% QB carries2.4 a game
Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Chargers receivers vs Raiders secondary 81 v 82 EVEN
Raiders receivers vs Chargers secondary 79 v 84 CHARGERS
Chargers line vs Raiders front 85 v 82 CHARGERS
Raiders line vs Chargers front 82 v 78 RAIDERS
Chargers backs vs Raiders run defence 81 v 81 EVEN
Raiders backs vs Chargers run defence 80 v 77 RAIDERS
Chargers passer vs Raiders secondary 90 v 82 CHARGERS
Raiders passer vs Chargers secondary 81 v 84 CHARGERS
TOP PERFORMERS
Justin Herbert QB Chargers 314 pass yds
Mike Washington Jr. HB Raiders 140 rush yds
Quentin Johnston WR Chargers 117 rec yds
Ladd McConkey WR Chargers 83 rec yds
Keyron Crawford REDG Raiders 2 sacks
Treydan Stukes FS Raiders 2 INTs
🎬 The Game Recap
this game as an episode -- the score, the stars, the numbers that decided it -- and a video you can post ›
BOX SCORE
CHARGERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Justin Herbert QB 14/243141266681.9
RAIDERS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Fernando Mendoza QB 7/17831002276.3
RECENT FORM
Chargers
L 7–38 vs Lions WK 3
L 3–30 vs Chiefs WK 2
L 14–28 vs Packers WK 1
Raiders
L 31–32 vs Chiefs WK 3
L 28–31 vs Broncos WK 2
L 24–54 vs Browns WK 1
TEAM STATS
Chargers Raiders
365 TOTAL YARDS 266
314 PASSING YARDS 83
51 RUSHING YARDS 183
6 SACKS ALLOWED 0
0 SACKS MADE 6
2 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 TAKEAWAYS 2

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
0 CHARGERS — 1 RAIDERS
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